Sash-holder



' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL E. REAGAN, OFTERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

SASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,645, dated December 3, 1889.

Application filed May 27, 1889. Serial No. 312,255. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL E. REAGAN, of Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and ,useful Improvements in Window Tighteners,

fastener and catch which also serves as a tightener to prevent rattling of the window, is exceedingly cheap, simple, and effective in construction, composed of a minimum number of strong durable parts, is easy and simple in operation, and which will hold a window at any posit-ion by simply turning a lever, and will instantly release the window when the lever is restored to its original position. These objects are accomplished by, and my invention consists in, certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, more fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure .1 is a perspective view of a window, showing the present invention applied to the lower sash thereof. Fig. 2 is a detail top plan of the article. Fig. 3 is a section on the line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on the line a: 00, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of the eccentric spindle and its lever.

In the drawings, the reference-letter a indicates a metal plate secured to the windowsash and provided with an opening for the passage of the screw securing the tightener and fastener.

The fastener consists of a wheel formed of a rim or circular piece of rubber l) or other like elastic material having a central transverse opening, in which a hub c is secured, and this hub is formed, preferably, of one piece of metal having the annular peripheral end flanges d d, between which the rubber piece g.

disk or rim 1) is secured, and with a central bore or bearing, through which a short circular spindle 6 extends and in which it snugly [its to form the axle upon which the bindingwheel rotates. This spindle is secured to or formed integral with the inner end of a lever f, which lever extends laterally from the outer end of the spindle, and at its outer end beyond the periphery of the wheel or roller is provided witha downwardly-extending thumb- The spindle e is longer than the hub, so that the wheel can freely rotate on the spindle, which bears against the faceplate, and the spindle is provided with a bore h, extending through the same eccentrically to its periphery, and the outer end of the bore is countersunk, as shown.

In assembling the parts the face-plate a is first secured to the window-sash 0, preferably by means of screws at the ends of the same. Tlieclaniping and tightening roller is then placed upon the spindle of the lever so that the lever extends inwardly and the periphery of the wheel bears against the window-frame. The device is then secured in position by a screw 1', passed through the eccentric bore of the spindle and the central aperture of the face-plate, the roller rotating on the spindle and the spindle turning on its eccentric axisthe screw.

The parts of the device are so assembled that when the thumb or finger piece of the operating-lever extends toward one end of the face-plate the rubber wheel willbearagainst the windowframe with sufficient pressure to prevent the window from rattling, and yet allow it to be raised or lowered; but when it is desired to lock the window in any position the operating-lever is swung around to the opposite end of the plate on the screw as an axis, thereby, as the periphery of the wheel against the frame I) with sufficient pressure to lock the sash against movement, and when it is desired to release the same the lever is swung around to its normal position. The device can be secured to the sash to bear against the frame or to the frame to bear against the sash.

, The heads of the screws securing the faceplate to the Window act as stops to limit the outward movement of the operating-lever.

spindle is eccentric to its axis, forcing the p ICO hat I claim is embracing and confined on the hub, for the A sash holder and tightener consisting of purpose set forth. a central spindle having" an eccentric bore ex- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as tending therethroug'h to receive the securingmy own I affix my signaturein presence of two 5 screw, a lever extending laterally from the Witnesses.

outer end of said spindle and by which the same is partially rotated, and a roller loosely mounted on said spindle and consisting of a \Vitnesses:

metal hub having a concentric bore rotating HORACE C. PUGH, 10 on the spindle, and an elastic Wheel or rim GEORGE 'E. PUGH.

DANIEL E. REAGAN. 

